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Armed Forces Tribunal (A) Bill, 2012
Armed Forces Tribunal (A) Bill, 2012
BILL
to amend the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Armed Forces Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2012. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
55 of 2007. Short title and commencement.
2. For section 8 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely: 8. The Chairperson or a Member of the Tribunal shall hold office as such for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office but they shall not be eligible for reappointment:
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Provided that no Chairperson shall hold the office after he has attained, (a) in case he has been a Judge of the Supreme Court, the age of seventy years; and (b) in case he has been the Chief Justice of a High Court, the age of sixty-seven years:
2 Provided further that no Judicial Member shall hold the office as such Judicial Member after he has attained the age of sixty-seven years: Provided also that no Administrative Member shall hold office as such Administrative Member after he has attained the age of sixty-five years..
Substitution of new section for section 19. Power to punish for contempt.
3. For section 19 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
19.The Tribunal shall have, and exercise, the same jurisdiction, powers and authority in respect of contempt of itself as a High Court has and may exercise and, 70 for this purpose, the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 shall have effect 10 subject to the modifications that (a) the references therein to a High Court shall be construed as including a reference to such Tribunal; (b) the references to the Advocate-General in section 15 of the said Act shall be construed in relation to the Armed Forces Tribunal, as a reference to the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General or the Additional Solicitor-General. 15
of 1971.
A.K. ANTONY.
ANNEXURE
EXTRACTS FROM THE ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL ACT, 2007 (55 OF 2007) *
Term of office.
8. The Chairperson or a Member shall hold office for a term of four years from the date on which he enters upon his office and shall be eligible for re-appointment: Provided that no Chairperson shall hold office as such after he has attained, (a) in case he has been a Judge of the Supreme Court, the age of seventy years; and (b) in case he has been the Chief Justice of a High Court, the age of sixty-five years: Provided further that no other Member shall hold office as such Member after he has attained the age of sixty-five years. * * * * *
19. (1) Any person who is guilty of contempt of the Tribunal by using any insulting or threatening language, or by causing any interruption or disturbance in the proceedings of such Tribunal shall, on conviction, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years. (2) For the purposes of trying an offence under this section, the provisions of sections 14, 15, 17, 18 and 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 shall mutatis mutandis apply, as if a reference therein to (a) Supreme Court or High Court were a reference to the Tribunal; (b) Chief Justice were a reference to the Chairperson; (c) Judge were a reference to the Judicial or Administrative Member of the Tribunal; (d) Advocate-General were a reference to the prosecutor; and (e) Court were a reference to the Tribunal. * * * * *
70 of 1971.
RAJYA SABHA